Creative Speculation
In reply to the discussion: It is total speculation: BUT TRUMP JUST SAID THE STUPIDEST THING HE HAS EVER SAID....... [View all]DENVERPOPS
(10,387 posts)intelligence agencies cannot reveal what they know about say a certain person, or activity because if it is revealed by them, it will tip the person off to know what technique the intelligence agency is using to eavesdrop or what person is leaking them the information.
I remember hearing a story about our intelligence agencies in WW11 having the enigma? code machine the Germans were using for all their top secret info, military plans, etc. The story said that our intel and military knew in advance about an impending ambush of one of our military patrols, and dared not try to prevent it, because preventing it would risk the Germans figuring out that we had intercepted their intel, and conclude that we were able to decode their prized codes.... Don't know if the story is true, but it seemed to make sense.......